Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Three months ago, while Nancy O' Dell was promoting RUSK Haircare at an Ulta (Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O' Dell, from being a Charleston crime reporter to being a Rusk Haircare fan girl. http://luxurist.blogspot.com/2014/08/entertainment-tonights-nancy-o-dell.html), she commented to her makeup artist that she wants this scribe's Urban Decay makeover.

Since we're both ambitious, whip-smart Charleston girls, we know good beauty products when we see them. Second, having a sharp blonde, like Nancy, saying she wants that same exact Urban Decay look on this olive-toned brunette is a good deal.

Now, this scribe will list the Urban Decay look that both blondes and brunettes can share...

http://www.sephora.com/naked3-P384099?skuId=1573336

First and foremost, the Ulta artist started on this scribe's dark brown eyes with the rosy-gold Naked 3 Eye Palette. It's evenly split in half. Soft, matte pinks, lilac, and mauve that subtly enhance that everyday look for running errands. Then, the palette runs the gamut to the smoky red-violet with golden specks for that mysterious dusky evening look, rimmed as eyeliner for both blondes and brunettes or smudged over the lower lid for smoldering brunettes. This eye palette is the "dusk to dawn" sunset look, what film professionals call "that magic hour."

http://www.sephora.com/naked-flushed-P377706?skuId=1614536

There is a reason why Urban Decay's Naked Line is named "Naked." It's all about subtly yet universal for all skin tones and all preferences.

Normally, a mauve-y blush would appear muddy a.k.a. "dirty" on a fair blonde, such as Nancy while a lilac pink would appear chalky on an olive-tanned woman, such as this scribe.

Here's a mauve blush palette that both blondes and brunettes can agree on, especially for blondes who yearn for that sultry mauve and brunettes who want that pinch of wholesome peach, here's Urban Decay's Naked Flush in Strip where bronze is a deep shimmer; the highlighter is a golden shimmer and the blush is a deep mauve, not a bold purple.

Despite being allured by mysterious noirish red Vamp or the come-hither bold red, most blondes tend to shy away from such statement lip colors unless they have the edgy confidence to pull them off. Yet, they're bored to death with the same ole beige-pink.

All-natural Brunettes, on the other hand, are disappointed flesh-toned pinks melted right into their olive-skinned background.

What's good about Urban Decay, underneath the edgy, rebellious appearance, it's a vegan cosmetic line stock full of healthy skin ingredients. It's Naked Line proves that being audacious doesn't necessarily mean being artificial or theaterical; nor does being "natural" means being boring and routine.

The Naked Line plays on chiaroscuro, a play on shadow and light, for the sharpen contoured, a "bold natural" works on anyone. No more Seventies' "Disco Rogue."